Anti-Love Poem #1

When you've loved someone, As much as you're capable of, Just let them go. Even better, Don't write about them- ever.If you must, let it be once onlyAnd let that be as their epitaph.Let the seasons and the windSweep away the painful memoriesDon't try to re-start fire from a faded puff of smoke.And give yourself some time to recover.

If you must write thousands of linesAbout what went wrong, or why, For gods sake burn it- burn it quicklyDon't leave it lying around for others eyes to seeAnd for the dance line to start forming behind you:...

The Narcissist

I have done every bad thing you could imagine; and others you could not have thought of. I have done bad and worse, many times over, not really aware of having made a choice at all.

Yes I have done a lot of bad things, but it only pains me rarely; much later than it ought to, and occasionally it keeps me from sleep, or awakens me too early, but it's not enough. Never enough to make me stop. You would think I would sense something about my life is not right. You would be wrong. I am more likel